Bubbly and sparkling with good singing, acting and choreography, “Suds” has quickly risen to the top of this month’s new theater productions.

Staged by the team who helped create the jukebox musical at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre in 1988, the fizzy new production that opened Saturday at New Village Arts in Carlsbad has its comic chemistry just right.

“Suds,” subtitled “The Rocking ‘60s Musical Soap Opera,” is a good name for the show, since its plot is feather-light, serving as merely a skeletal bridge to hold some 50 classic songs from the 1960s together. The tongue-in-cheek story involves Cindy, a 20-something Laundromat employee who’s having a very bad birthday. Her cat and her last surviving relatives have been killed in car accidents, she’s been hit with a $10,000 tax bill, and her pen-pal boyfriend of three years has dumped her for a girl with better penmanship skills.

Cindy decides to do herself in (hanging by washing machine agitator) but she’s saved by two guardian angels — Marge, a saucy/stylish angel who’s down on her luck, and Dee Dee, a peppy, Sandra Dee-like angel-in-training. To cheer Cindy up, they throw her a party, set her up on a “dream date” and sing their way through a catalog of ‘60s hits.

The two-hour production goes right from the very beginning with snappy, tongue-in-cheek direction and smart choreography by Javier Velasco (who created the steps for the show’s original New York debut). His four-member cast is well-rehearsed, on the same page comedically, enthusiastic and fearless.

Musically, the show is a wow. Steve Gunderson (who co-wrote “Suds” with Melinda Gilb and Bryan Scott) did the music and vocal arrangements for this show. His familiarity with the material shows, particularly a toe-tapping set of numbers by his musical idol, Burt Bacharach. The harmonies are tight and often surprising, and the score showcases the versatility of the singers. Justin Gray serves as musical director with sound by Garrett Wysocki.

As Cindy, Sarah Errington has a sweet, awkward, sad-eyed vulnerability as the Suds Washerama employee who’s just “one step from ring around the collar” before her angels arrive. She’s a terrific physical comic, too, particularly in the opening “Locomotion” number where the angels mistake her flailing death throes for dance steps.

As Dee Dee, the charismatic Bethany Slomka is guileless, endearing and irrepressible. And she nearly stops the show with her second-act solo “Today I Met the Boy I’m Gonna Marry.” Wearing a kooky red wig and heavy makeup, Rae K. Henderson is hilarious as the tacky, tactless angel Marge who belts out one big song after another. And the versatile Tyler Ruebensaal has tons of charm and talent as Johnny Angel, a singing postal worker and other roles.

The show looks as great as it sounds, with a playful rented set, kicky costumes by Jannifer Mah, fun props by Pat Hansen and bright lighting by Chris Renda.

With its effervescent energy and a professional sheen that pops off the stage, “Suds” has hit written all over it. And it’s good, clean fun for all ages.